I entered my picture The Best Damn outfit contest (I could win a trip to the Abbey Dawn launch party!!!)and there is a public vote so please take a second and click the link then click the green VOTE box. Thank you!

Hi, this is my first time posting here!In a several more days, it will be the MMVA award show,so please vote for Avril Lavigne here http://mmva.muchmusic.com/ur-fave-artist/We must help her to win, especially since Justin Bieber's catching up after him tweeting and posting about it.Every vote counts, thank you!

Hello fellow Avril lovers! I took a bus to NYC for Avril's release of Goodbye Lullaby and I wanted to share my entry as a review of the event. I hope this is okay. Add me if you like, I need more blogs to read with common interests! Also, I don't know if it's okay to cross-promote, but the whole reason I got to have this experience was because of avrilbandaids.com . It's the largest Avril Lavigne community online. My username is avrilssong

Contactmusic : Rihanna wanted Avril Lavigne to sing on the track 'Cheers (Drink To That)' on her latest album, 'Loud'.

The Barbadian singer samples Avril's 2002 ballad 'I'm With You' on her track 'Cheers (Drink to That)' on her latest album, and said she originally wanted the Canadian pop punk star to sing on the track, but by the time she had heard it, it was already too late.

She explained to MTV: "I asked whether she could appear, but when I heard the track it was already embedded in the music, so the producers already had it that way.

"But it would have sounded the same. I'm just glad that we could use her sample, because it became such a huge part of the instrumental that if it were not in the song, it would change the whole vibe of it."

While Avril's 'I'm With You' was a lonely track - which sees the main character looking for love on a cold, rainy night - Rihanna's song goes in a completely different direction.

She added: "'Cheers' is one of my favourite songs. It makes you feel like celebrating. It gives you a great feeling inside like you want to go out and have a drink. People can't wait for the weekend." 'Loud' is available now.

How’s it going?? So… I just wanted to fill you guys in…I’m done with my 4th record!!! Well, actually I have been done for a year… and now my record company have finally decided to release it. OMG..How nice! Thanks guys.

I have been dying to get back out on the road and do what I love the most… PLAY MUSIC. I know you guys have been waiting for a long time…..and so have I, but not by choice. I have been sitting with this record for a year now. It’s really special to me. I have produced a couple tracks alone for the first time, written solo, with friends, I have pushed myself and I feel proud.

In saying all that, this has been a really difficult record for me to create and to release. Not only is this the most meaningful and special record I have written, it is sincere, honest and close to my heart. But for the first time I experienced a bunch of bureaucratic BS. People do their best work when they are doing what they want, love and is natural for them, not when you are forcing them to be something that they are not.

From the beginning of my career my message has always been to be yourself and stand up for what you believe in. Follow your heart.

My first single off this record is called: “What The Hell”. This song is the least personal song to me off this album. It’s a fun and funny anthem. It has a broad message about personal freedom. It is the most pop track on the record.

I am shooting the video in 2 weeks and it will be out in January. I have been extremely busy designing Abbey Dawn and taking the line internationally for the first time, establishing “The Avril Lavigne Foundation” and focusing on my personal happiness and health. Balance!

"I've always had a great time shooting with Maxim," Lavigne, 26, said of her third shoot with the guy-friendly mag. "I feel like it gives me my freedom. It's an edgy magazine, so it's cool."

Lavigne has often portrayed herself as just that - edgy - but she's not afraid to show her softer side, too. And, no, that's not a reference to the sleek curves she shows off in the body-baring spread, on sale Oct. 12.

"I like a classy man, a gentleman who opens the door and gives flowers and always puts the lady first," Lavigne admitted. "I'm a little old-fashioned like that."

So is the singer saying boyfriend Brody Jenner, 27, is a "classy man"?

It would seem so, as the couple has appeared to be attached at the hips for most of this year.

The two initially looked to be an odd match: he, a socialite and reality show veteran, and she, the global superstar who recently divorced Sum 41 rocker Deryck Whibley.

Even odder is that all three seem to get along well these days, with People.com reporting a group hang-out last week at Hollywood nightclub Premiere.

Perhaps it's a sign that Lavigne has come to terms with her love-hate relationship with the opposite sex, a topic that has provided much fodder for her albums.

Her upcoming disc "is the first that is not boy bashing," she revealed to Maxim, adding, "Is it inspired by my personal relationships? Yes."

Lavigne, who described herself as "really shy and quiet," admitted that she cares what people think of her, but acknowledged "you can't please everyone."